Cluster and co-located cluster effects: An empirical study of six Chinese city regions
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2016Metadata
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Research Policy, 45(2016)10, 1984-1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2016.07.003Abstract
We study how industrial clusters in three different life phases both influence and moderate total
factor productivity (TFP) of other co-located industries or clusters. A multilevel regression model
is applied to panel data, 1993–2012, from the Pearl River Delta, China. Our empirical results show
that emerging clusters have negative effects on other co-located industries’ or clusters’ TFP while
mature clusters have positive effects. Emerging clusters positively moderate TFP, while mature
clusters negatively moderate TFP of other co-located industries or clusters; declining clusters only
have direct positive impact on TFP of other co-located industries or clusters.
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